Sergey Soloviev Medal 2006

The Russian scientist Efim Pelinovsky has won the prestigious EGU Sergey Soloviev Medal in recognition of his world leadership in predicting the consequences of tsunamis and rogue waves, and in the avoidance and mitigation of these severe natural hazards.

Sergey Soloviev Medal has been established by the Division on Natural Hazards (NH) in recognition of the scientific achievements of Sergey Soloviev. It will be awarded for outstanding scientific contributions in fundamental research that improves our knowledge of basic natural hazards principles as well as research that assesses and leads to the proper mitigation of natural hazards from both human and environmental perspectives.

Dr. Pelinovsky is Head of the Laboratory of Hydrophysics and Nonlinear Acoustics at the Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novgorod, Russia.

Resumé

Dr. Efim Pelinovsky has contributed significantly to the understanding of tsunamis throughout the seas of the world, providing theories of wave propagation and estimates of wave height and return periods. He has provided leadership in training members of the Russian Tsunami Service and attendees at the European Summer School and École Generaliste d’Ingenieurs in Marseille, and he has convened meetings on extreme waves at the American Geophysical Union meeting in Montreal, the European Geophysical Meeting in Vienna, and at several international conferences in Russia. He follows in the footsteps of S. Soloviev who pioneered some of the aspects of understanding and predicting tsunamis. The scope of his work extends from entire oceans to inland seas, rivers, and even cooling towers for electric power stations.

Medal Lecture

Dr. Pelinovsky will accept his medal and give his Medal lecture during the EGU General Assembly, to be held in Vienna, Austria from 2 – 7 April 2006. The lecture ‘Rogue Waves: Facts and Theories’ starts Thursday, 6 April at 8:45 h in Lecture Room 18. 
More information: http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/awards/sergey_soloviev_overview.html